Improvement in fare-boxes



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No. 205,646. I Patented July 2,1878..

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No. 205,646. Patented July 2,1878.

TATES NITE@ Parser @retort WILLIAM H. HORNUW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO THE HORNUM PATENT REGISTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BOXES.

bpeciiicat-ion forming part of Letters Patent No, 205,646, dated July 2,1878; application tiled June 8, 187B.

To all trimm t may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM H. HORNUM, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fare-Boxes,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure lrepresents a vertical section of my fare-box when the same is closed,the plane of section being indicated by the line .tv JL', Fig'. 2. Fig.2 is a horizontal section. of the same in the plane y y. Fig'. l. Fig. 3is a vertical section of the same in the plane zz, Fig'.2. Fig'. I

4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the money-drawer when the sameis closed.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

ln fare-boxes such as those described in the patent of J. B. Slawson,No. 21,372, the money-drawer, when withdrawn from the fare box, is open,and dishonest collectors have an opportunity to abstract a portion ot'the contents of the box.

The object of my invention is to shut off this opportunity, themoney-drawer in my farebox being combined with mechanism so arrangedthat said drawer must be firmly closed before it can be withdrawn fromthe box. W ith the n'ioney-drawer and the tilting'- platform in thefare-box is combined a mechanism which prevents the money-drawer frombeing' withdrawn before the platform is tilted, so that the moneydeposited on said platform must be dropped before the money-drawer canbe withdrawn.

In the drawing' the letter A designates the body of my fare-box,constructed with au opening, a, in its top part, beneath which islocated a tilting platform, B, the latter having its fulcrum on atransverse shaft, I). The platform B carries a weig'ht, c, which has atendency to keep the same in its upper position, and it is connected toa rod, O, which extends through one side of the box A, and which, bybein g pulled outward, serves to tilt the platform.

The letter D designates a money-drawer, which rests on the bottom of thebox A, the same being' arrang'ed to be introduced and withdrawn throughone side thereof. This drawer D is partially covered by a plate, d,which is inclined, so that the n'loney that may i'all thereon is causedto drop into the drawer, while in the uncovered portion thereof isarranged a lid, E. I provide the lid E wit-l1 cheeks cf, and mountl thase cheeks on a shaft, g, so that the lid is adapted to be swung toeither of the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 4L on said shaft, and to belocked by a suitable contrivanoe. For locking the lid E, I make use of atoothed segment, h, formed on the cheek e of the lid, a lever-pawl, fi,eng'aging with said segment and a lever, F, which is situated exteriorof the moneydrawer D, and has its fulcrum on the shaft g, while it isconnected to the check c of the'lid by a pin, j, working in a curvedslot, k, which is formed in the side of the money-drawer.

To close and lock the lid E, the outer end of the lever F is simplyswung downward, so as to raise the inner end of the lever, and with itthe lid, from the position shown in Fig. l to that of Fig. et. The lid Eis held or locked in the position to which it may be thus adjust ed bythe action of the pawl t' on the toothed segment, so that it isnecessary to disengage the pawl from the segment to permit of openingthe lid. This is accomplished by means of a key inserted into akey-hole, Z, formed in the side of the money-drawer, (see Figs. l and3,) and which, when turned, acts on the tail end of the pawl i', so thatan improper person is prevented from gaining access to the moneydrawerafter it has been closed.

In order to prevent the abstraction of any portion of the contents ofthe money-drawer D after the same is withdrawn from the box A, except bya proper person, I make use of a stop or contrivance by which the draweris prevented rom being taken from the box except in a closed and lockedstate. This stop consists of a grooved or slotted plate, G, (see Fig.3,) which is secured to the inside of the box A, and in whose groove isitted a pin, m, projecting laterally from the locking-lever F. Thegroove in the plate G is formed with an upper and lower horizontalportion, n oro, the lower part 0 being curved upward at its inner end,with a curved part, p, connecting the parts u o at one end, and arecess, q, the latter being formed at the junction of the parts 0 and pof the groove.

Now, the pin in of the locking-lever F is so arranged that when the lidE of the moneydra-wer is open and the money-drawer is placed in the box,said pin is received in the lower part o of the groove, and when thedrawer is pushed home is caused to enter the recess q by the upwardcurvature of the lower part of the groove at its inner end. The lid Eisthus moved a short distance in the direction of its closing, but notsuiiiciently to interfere with the dropping of money into the drawer,while the pin m is brought in a plane above that of the part of thegroove by which it entered. The pin in, by being attached to thelockinglever F, is held against a downward movement, under normalconditions, by the action of the pawl 'i and toothed segment l1y on thelid It), to which the lever is connected. Hence the pin in. is preventedfrom being returned to the lower part o of the groove after themoneydrawer has been placed in position; and in order to permit ot'removing the drawer, it is necessary to move thc pin, through the mediumof the locking-lever F, upward into the plane of the upper part a of thegroove, by which movement the lid E of the drawer is closed.

The object of the recess q ot' the groove is to prevent an upwardmovement of the pin m, so as to close the lid of the money-drawer byaccident, the recess constituting a stop, and making it necessary topull the money-drawer outward a sutiicient distance to clear the recessbefore the pin m is permitted to move upward In order to insure that nomoney is left on the platform B when the money-drawer D is withdrawnfrom the box, I make use of a contrivance to prevent the withdrawal ofthe drawer except when the platform is in a tilted position, and whichconsists of a lug, r, projecting from one side of the drawer, a verticalslide, H, a lever, I, which is connected to this slide, and serves toraise the saine, and a projection, J, formed on the platform. The slideHis provided with guide-slots s, and moves on pins t, which project fromthe inner side of the box A, contiguous to the side of the moneydrawerhaving the lug i', from which side of the box projects also the pin u,forming the fulcruln of the lever I.

The shape of the projection J of the platform may be varied, and in theexample shown it is made in form of a semi-cylinder, and to carry theweight c, by which the platform is kept in its upper position.

then the slide H is in its lower position, as shown, it is in the pathof t-he lug 1' of the money-drawer, and hence it is necessary to raisethe slide both when the drawer is introduced and witlnlrawn.

When the platform B is in its upper position its projection is directlyover the slide H, and the latter is thereby prevented from being'raised. The slide thus remains in the path of the lug r of themoney-drawer till the platform'B is tilted, and, consequently, themoneydeposited thereon must be dumped into the money-drawer before the lattercan be withdrawn.

l hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combi nation, in a fare-box, of a moneydrawer provided with a lidwhich is adapted to be locked, a tilting platform for duinping the moneydropped into the fare-box down in the money-drawer, and a stop whichprevents the money-drawer from beingwithdrawn before the platform istilted up and the money deposited thereon has been dumped into themoney-drawer, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,in afare-box, of a moneydrawer provided with a lidwhich is adapted to be locked, a stop which prevents the moneydrawerfrom being withdrawn before its lid is locked, a tilting platform fordumping the money into the 1noney-drawer, and a stop which prevents themoney-drawer from being withdrawn before the platform is tilted up, allconstructed and adapted to operate substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the money-drawer D and its swinging lid E, ofthe toothed segment Il., lever-pawl fi, and locking-lever F, all adaptedto operate substantially as described.

4. The combination, vwith the box A, the money-drawer D, and itsswinging lid E, ot' the locking-lever F, having the laterally-projectingpin m, the grooved plate G, and a device for locking the lid of themoney-drawer, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination, with the box A, of a tilting platform, B, having theprojection J, a vertical slide, H, lever I, and a moneydrawer, D, havingthe lug yr, all adapted to operate substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the box A, tilting platform B, having theprojection J, the vertical slide H, and lever I, of a money-drawer, D,having the lug r and swinging lid E, a locking-lever, F, having thelaterally-projecting pin m, the grooved plate Gr, and a device forlocking the lid of the money-drawer, all constructed and adapted tooperate substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 7th day of June, 1878.

WILLIAM H. HORNUM. [L sd Witnesses:

J. VAN SAN'rVooRD, E. F. KAstrnNi-IUBER.

